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Life Science Standards
Cells
Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment) 7.1.1
Living Things - Design a new living thing and explain how it would acquire food, water, and air 0207.1.1
Alien Assembly - What do aliens look like? You decide. Use the parts to build your very own alien.
Build a Dinosaur - interactive game from Scholastic.com using parts of several dinosaurs - students can click and put the parts together to create a dinosaur that really existed, or create an imaginary dinosaur of their own
Build Your Own Caterpillar - Build a caterpillar with the tools for surviving in its environment. Look at the environment and then choose the parts that will help your caterpillar have the best chance for survival.
Draw an Alien in its Natural Habitat - [designed for grade 3] Students will be able to apply what they have learned about living things, structures of living things and how living things sense and respond to their environment by creating a habitat and an alien that could live in that habitat.
Find My Legs - Help the spider find its legs by clicking on the right set of legs. After finishing the spider you will have another animal to help.
What is a Living Thing, and How Does a Living Thing Respond to Its Environment? - [Unit Overview - 6 lessons] - In this unit students are given time to think about and discuss the fundamental question, "What is a Living Thing?" They are also introduced to a process for planning science investigations on the topic of how different living things interact with their environment.
Interdependence
Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment) 7.2.1 | 7.2.2 | 7.2.3
Local Environment - Draw or use pictures of a local environment to label the plants and animals 0207.2.1
Animals and Plants - The Chesapeake Bay watershed is home to thousands of species of plants and animals. Use this page as a source of pictures.
Critter Corner - lots of pictures from EEK, Environmental Education for Kids
Food Chains and Webs - Information regarding population size on food webs is presented here. After learning about food webs, select the link named "create a possible food web" at the bottom of the page. Click and drag to create your own food web.
Welcome to Biology 2002 - This college level PowerPoint show has some great images. Save the show, throw out the college content and modify the show for your classroom.
Food Chain - National Geographic for Kids has a featured Quick Flick from Brain Pop on the subject.
Food Chains and Webs - Basic information regarding food webs is presented here. After learning about food webs, select the link named "create a possible food web" at the bottom of the page. Click and drag to create your own food web. or
Habitats - investigate food chains with this interactive site from the BBC
Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment) 7.3.1 | 7.3.2
Habitat - Describe the habitat of a particular organism based on its food, water, and air requirements 0207.3.1
Human and Animal Habitats - Would the animal be happy living here? Select correct answer; details given as to why or why not. Many different habitats can be selected
Match Animals to their Habitat - select one of the twelve habitats at Animal Universe and choose animals that live in that habitat (select Maybe Later on the registration screen)
Snuffy's Safari (Sesame Street) - travel to one of three environments and search for animals that live there using Snuffy's binoculars.
Squish the Fish - Help Squish travel out across the reef to find his lunch. He needs to find friends who will help him hide from his nemesis, Big Tooth Blob. Learn about shape, color, and behavioral adaptations for survival.
Survival Needs - Infer the characteristics needed by an organism to survive in a particular environment 0207.5.2
Beaks and Bills - different characteristics of these body parts.
Flying Snakes - [this link now opens with an advertisement - be patient] Leaping lizards avoid these snakes
Rocks and Soils - perform virtual experiments at this BBC interactive site
Sand - This web site is all about sand. It is a place where you can learn about sand, see a variety of different kinds of sand, and look at sands from different places around the world.
Take the Conservation Challenge Quiz! - Do you consider yourself an "expert" in your knowledge of our natural resources? Or are you interested in learning about conserving soil and water, and making our environment better? Either way, test your knowledge with our interactive quiz.
Test Your Energy IQ - fifteen questions, answers follow the questions [not interactive]
Use Tools - Use tools such as hand lenses, measurement devices, and simple arm balances to gather data about the physical properties of different objects 0207.9.1
Boxing Weigh In - drag boxers to a scale and measure their weight, use a digital display to see kg or lbs or
Magnify It - there are limits to what the eye can see and that a magnifying glass can help extend those limits. lesson plan
Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them or
Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them or
Conduct Experiment - Communicate interest in simple phenomena and plan for simple investigations 0207.Inq.2
Communicate Findings - Collect, discuss, and communicate findings from a variety of investigations 0207.Inq.4
The Greenhouse Effect in a Jar - lesson plan for a class experiment involving jars, thermometers and a light to shine on the jar, or a sunny area in the classroom
Student Designed Investigations Part 4: Poster Presentations/Science Fair - This unit ends with students deciding on a testable question, designing an investigation, doing the investigation, collecting data and drawing conclusions. Students then create poster presentations of their investigation for a grade level science fair.
Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them or
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